Lou Xiaoyi pondered over his gains and losses at the top of the cliff and drew valuable experience from it. His growth began to lean towards the direction of the state of mind. This was a very rare improvement! It was also a process that every cultivator who wanted to take another step forward had to go through. There were different paths, but he chose the path of inserting the sword!
He inserted the sword because he wanted to fulfill his promise to Senior Brother Guangbei. To be honest, he didn't think too much about it! He didn't come into contact with a true top-notch cultivator of the Five Rings Foundation Establishment stage, nor did he have a long-term plan for his future. He only had confidence in his fifty years of progress in the Peacock Plume Space.
Now it seemed that he was a little arrogant at that time. If a cultivator of Shouru's level had attacked him within the first three years of inserting the sword, he would have lost more than he would have won!
However, in these seven years of fighting, he had grown rapidly. His growth was not in terms of how fast his sword had become or how much heavier it had become. His growth was in terms of something that could not be seen. It was the clarity of his heart of the sword. From an assassin-type swordsman who was best at sneak attacks, he had become a true swordsman who was more willing to fight fair and square with others!
Those who were good at fighting had no illustrious achievements! Those who were less cunning could turn the tables! This was a kind of demeanor. It wasn't for the sake of pretending to be strong, but because this kind of battle was the most common battle in the cultivation world. How could there be so many tables for you to turn? How could there be such a foolish person for you to sneak attack?
A sword wasn't a dagger; a swordsman wasn't an assassin!
Lou Xiaoyi's mental journey at the top of Fish Leaping Peak was the most important foundation for his future swordsmanship system. In terms of importance, it wasn't any less important than the birth of a sword spirit!
But the birth of a sword spirit was still uncontrollable. It was the same for his spirit. He still had a long way to go, but he had finally taken the first step!
He once heard from the elder Jin Dan of Thousand Xiu Peak that the highest level of swordsmanship was the sword disciple!
He didn't quite understand. Wasn't it the other way around? According to this logic, could it be that his current level of Swordsman was that of a sword immortal?
It was very strange!
Outside Wolf Ridge, a Daoist was riding on lightning.
In the Cultivation World, there were many ways to control the wind, ride the clouds, control objects, transform into light, and so on. However, there were only a few of them, and Imperial Thunder was definitely one of them. Its momentum was extremely shocking!
In the space he passed through, there was a long and dense sound of thunder. This was the unique property of the Lightning Escape. Apart from the fact that the sound was a little loud and couldn't be concealed, everything else was fine.
In terms of speed alone, the lightning escape technique wasn't considered one of the top escape techniques in the cultivation world, as there were plenty of escape techniques that were faster than it. The lightning escape technique's uniqueness lay in its innate lightning attribute, which allowed it to repel all evils and disregard all filth. If a Blood River Path cultivator like Yapu encountered someone who used lightning techniques, they would be countered in all aspects.
In the end, most Daoist cultivators would not choose the Thunder Escape Technique, unless it was an orthodoxy that focused on thunder like the Taiyi Heavenly Sect. The choice of escape technique had to follow the main cultivation technique. This was the core principle!
He was Zhen Danzi, who came from the Taiyi Heavenly Sect in the Southeast Region. He was an orthodox Daoist, but his path was more inclined towards the power of thunder. It was an orthodoxy that took the extreme path of thunder and killing in Daoism's neutral, righteous, and peaceful path. It had a very important position in the Daoist lineage.
When someone stabbed him with a sword, he immediately knew. Then, he sneered and focused on his cultivation as if it had nothing to do with him. Then, eight years later, when he walked out of his cultivation place and heard that the person who stabbed him with the sword was still showing off at the Fish Leaping Cliff, he didn't say anything and directly embarked on his journey!
This was the attitude of a true cultivator. He didn't involve himself in other things and did what he should do. He left the rest to the will of heaven. Among the top ten cultivators in the Five-Ring Ranking List, most of them were like this. This was also the reality of the Cultivation World. There were those who indulged in the affairs of the mortal world, but there were also those who were focused on the path of Dao.
They didn't have any other thoughts. They just wanted to meet Gao Xian!
In the Five-Ring Ranking List, in terms of attacking power, there was a saying of East Thunder and West Sword. The West Sword referred to Xuanyuan in the Western Region, while the East Thunder referred to the Taiyi Heavenly Sect in the Southeast Region. This saying had been around for a long time. In fact, before they attacked the Five-Ring Ranking List, there was a saying of South Thunder and North Sword in their old nest, Zhou Qingkong, and it had continued until now.
Saying was saying. After tens of thousands of years, those who played with thunder also knew that they couldn't beat those who played with swords. Like a curse, Taiyi had always been on the right path. There were fewer twists and turns and fewer people who could really stir up the universe. They recognized this point!
But what made people in the Taiyi Heavenly Sect curious was that this time, the one who stood out in Xuanyuan was a Swordsman! This was completely different from their understanding of Xuanyuan for tens of thousands of years!
Ninety percent of Xuanyuan's glory belonged to the Inner Sword. When had the Outer Sword appeared? In a slightly formal occasion, when people talked about Xuanyuan's Swordsman, they all referred to the Inner Sword. What was the Outer Sword? It was just a maggot that clung to the wings!
Zhen Danzi wanted to see what was going on, so he came. He didn't even think about the requirement that every cultivator in the top ten of the Five-Ring Ranking List had the obligation to challenge the Swordsman!
He thought about it and was interested, so he came! If he didn't want to come and felt that it was meaningless, then he didn't come! As for whether he was on the ranking list or not, he never cared!
Did the Taiyi Heavenly Sect's Foundation Establishment Senior Brother need to run around for such an empty reputation?
The thunder rolled over, going deep into the Wolf Ridge and leaping over the Pingtian Plateau. In Lou Xiaoyi's ears, it was like a secretly modified flying car that exploded in the middle of the night in his previous life!
"Taiyi Zhen Danzi, since you dare to show off your power, take my thunder!"
Thunder was another attack that had a longer attack range than Lou Xiaoyi's flying sword!
Thousands of feet away, a blue thunder as thick as a wrist suddenly struck down, giving him almost no time to react!
This was the specialty of Lightning Elementalists. They gathered lightning in the clouds, accumulated power in the clouds, and then struck down. With a thundercloud as an intermediary, the distance was naturally shortened by half. This was the natural advantage of Lightning Elementalists!
Lou Xiaoyi was already prepared. When he heard the sound of thunder approaching, he was already on guard. Yan Qiang had already told him that the fifth cultivator was a thunder cultivator from Taiyi Heavenly Sect!
In the Boao Pavilion on Qianxiu Peak, there were explanations about the orthodoxies of the Five-Ring Sect, and even some powerful orthodoxies in the Extraterritorial Domain. These were the personal combat experiences of the senior Swordsman, and also the real foundation of an ancient sect. It was something that an individual could never fully understand by himself.
After all, Lou Xiaoyi's time in the dome was limited. It was impossible for him to fully understand the orthodoxies of other sects. Therefore, he only understood some of the orthodoxies that were most specific to Xuanyuan, or the ones that were most unique. The Dao of Thunder was the most unique one, so he had put in some effort.
Against a thunder cultivator, there were three strategies: top, middle, and bottom!
The bottom strategy was to use the flying sword to guide the thunder. However, to be honest, this was a delicate task. It was like threading a needle at high altitude at high speed. If it was not aligned properly, it would be disastrous!
The middle strategy was to disrupt the thunder clouds' accumulation! Fundamentally, the thunder could not be released. However, this required an incomparably deep understanding of thunder accumulation. Only then could one destroy the thunder in an instant! This was not something that he, who had just come into contact with thunder for the first time, could do!
The top strategy was to directly attack the thunder cultivator. In fact, this was also the Swordsman's only strategy against any orthodoxies!
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